Debbie Gagnon is a native of New Hampshire and relocated to Texas 3 years ago. She is married and the mother of two sons that currently attend college.

Debbie has a biology degree from St. Anselms College and recently received a Plant Based Nutrition Certification from Cornell University.

Debbie is a practicing vegan and has always had a strong interest in health and nutrition.  She loves to empower people to take control of their health and well being through education. Debbie’s goal is to provide people with the tools and knowledge necessary to be successful and then witness the positive changes in their lives.

Debbie’s inspiration to become vegan was because of Brendan Brazier, a Canadian endurance athlete, author, and advocate of a plant-based diet. Hearing Brendan speak two years ago about the significant social, economic, and health benefits that could be obtained by improving personal health through a plant based diet was so convincing that she made an immediate lifestyle change and has never looked back.

Raising two healthy children in a fast food world, while at the same time watching the rate of childhood obesity, diabetes and cancers rise in this county made her want to do more for our children. It was this passion to share the relationship between food and disease with others that led her to The Cancer Project.  One of her favorite quotes by Hippocrates is “Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food”.